The Incredible Truth Money s for giving and sharing. That s the truth. When God blesses you financially, don't raise your standard of living. Raise your standard of giving. Sages have told us that the moment you function in the world without being concerned about wha is happening to lfe around you, you are a criminal. Be a ray of sunshine to everyone you meet and make thei day better for having seen you. Many people think, Can my small donation change everything? Will it help?" Dr. Martin Luther King said, Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.
Its essential to understand that battles for eradicating poverty, diseases, literacy and rehabilitating people affected natural disasters are primarily won in the. hearts of men. Men respond to appeals for help in a most remarkable way once you have won their heart. Believe that every life is worth living and that is the. truth.
Your belief will help to create the compassion in the hearts of people. Nothing is impossible to the willing heart. This is a tested fact and truth.
What s needed to be created in the hearts of people is the love for humanity. Sadguru Jaggi Vasudev of sha Yoga said, Love is a process of inclusion. Once I include you as part of me, I will be to you ust the way I am to myself:
A Chinese proverb says, He who assists someone up the hil cannot help but get to the top himself This is the unshakable truth.
Fund raising teams many times find themselves stuck in some vicious circle and then give up. The truth s teams do not go physically flat, they go mentally stale. The truth is fund raising teams must be creative. Creativity, as has been said, consists largely of rearranging what we know in order to find out what we do not Know. Hence, to think creatively, we must be able to look affesh at what we normaly take for granted.
We often think of time as a powerful healer. But time doesn't change things. What changes s the way you look at the world, the people living in the work and the way you choose to interact with them.
That s the truth. Recognizing this truth gives you amazing power. If you can change yourself -and you can -to bea donor, you can change you relationship with the world. When you can be useful to others, rather than merely hoping that they will be useful to you, you are better person because of it What's more, you willbe happier as well This s the cardinal truth.
You did not come to Rotary for solace o fun. Rotary i nota tranquilizer. Rotary is there to awaken you - awaken you to the lfe around you and make you realise: the ultimate truth that no man is an island. The Great use of Ife is to spend it or something that will outlast it said William James.
The world is ull of things that can delight you - the sound of bird, the scent of a flower, the sound of music and many more things. Today, make it a point to count the things that delight you and I bet you will find that most of them are the simple things and don't ost a thing Like the smile on the face of a person whom you have helped. That the incredible truth. Try it.
With warm regards
Ashok